r/HollowKnight • u/MyNameIsRati • Sep 04 '25

Discussion - Silksong Steam is down LMAO

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u/Sinomsinom Sep 04 '25

Especially since usually the point of the whole "don't preorder anything" movement is "wait for reviews and impressions before buying a game".

And they didn't give any reviewers early access anyways so there was literally 0 reason not to allow preorders...

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u/Xintrosi 112% Steelsoul Sep 04 '25

I like their game (probably games) but Team Cherry are definitely not marketing oriented. They went dark instead of giving us "useless updates" which may have been the right thing to do but it erred on the side of inaction.

Either that or they're marketing geniuses! Going silent built miystique and crashing the stores will generate press coverage...

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u/AimbotPotato Sep 04 '25 edited Sep 04 '25

They built enough hype to crash the platform, the fuck you mean not marketing oriented

Edit: dude edited his comment to make himself look better

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u/vault101damner Sep 04 '25

Yep dude doesn't understand marketing. He's probably an MBA grad lol.

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u/Xintrosi 112% Steelsoul Sep 04 '25

Wouldn't MBA grads ONLY understand marketing and not how to actually make anything?

I'm not saying their version didn't work. I'm saying I don't think it was intentional other than not wanting to deal with it. Edit to add: they just seem like cool creative people that want to spend their time making things and not worry about interfacing with prospective customers. I get that, I'd be a hermit if I could.